Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion Nationwide
September 6, 2023 3:20PM PDT
A woman holds up a sign with a message that reads in Spanish; “I will decide” as she joins a march demanding legal, free and safe abortions for all women, marking International Safe Abortion Day, in Mexico City, Sept. 28, 2022. Mexico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, has decriminalized abortion nationwide. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court has decriminalized abortion nationwide two years after ruling that abortion was not a crime in one northern state.
That earlier ruling had set off a grinding process of decriminalizing abortion state by state.
Last week, the central state of Aguascalientes became the 12th state to decriminalize the procedure.
The sweeping decision comes amid a trend in Latin America loosening restrictions on abortion even as access has been limited in the United States.
Mexico City was the first Mexican jurisdiction to decriminalize abortion 15 years ago.
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